The practice of giving thanks is what history could not take away

Evidence

At last, I thought that I understood the offering to the gods of Tahawus. It was, for me, the one thing that was not forgotten, that which could not be taken by history: the knowing that we belonged to the land, that we were the people who knew how to say thank you. It welled up from a deep blood memory that the land, the lakes, and the spirit had held for us. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 134

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Gratitude for past favors is a primary social cohesion mechanism. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 9294; Positive invocations of the past are not always mere nostalgia — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 1070

Broader Connections

• Positive invocations of the past are not always mere nostalgia #exemplifies (0.78) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1070
• Gratitude for past favors is a primary social cohesion mechanism. #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 9294